Download or read book Memoirs of Lt Camillo Viglino written by Camillo Viglino and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July of 1915, just two months after Italy joined the Allied Forces during World War I, Lieutenant Camillo Viglino, age 23, volunteered for flight training in the Italian Air Force. His account of the training provides the freshness and intimacy of an on-the-scene, firsthand report. It reveals an idealistic young man with an unbridled passion for flying and a patriotic zeal to fight for his country -- a young man daring to go up in the fragile flying machines of those early years of aviation, routinely placing himself at the mercy of the weather, cantankerous engines, and unreliable instruments. The discomforts of flying an open-cockpit 1914 Maurice Farman, the frequent crashes at the flight school, and the constant occurrences of pilots getting lost are all related with a nonchalant bravado befitting a 20-year-old. Viglino follows his diary-like accounts with a copy of a letter from a cousin at the front describing an air raid on Adelsberg, Austria. This book was written in Italian and originally published in Italy in 1934. It was translated into English by his two children, Camilla Viglino Hurwitz and Victor Viglino.
Download or read book Over the Front written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Church in Latin America written by Enrique Dussel and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of the church in Latin America, with its emphasis on theology, will help historians and theologians to better understand the formation and continuity of the Latin American tradition.
Download or read book The First Aviators written by Curtis Prendergast and published by Time Life Education. This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the careers of early fliers, including the Wright brothers, Louis Bleriot, Glenn Curtiss, Anthony Fokker, and Igor Sikorsky, and describes the impact of aviation on the public imagination
Download or read book Integral Measure and Derivative written by G. E. Shilov and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatment examines the general theory of the integral, Lebesque integral in n-space, the Riemann-Stieltjes integral, and more. "The exposition is fresh and sophisticated, and will engage the interest of accomplished mathematicians." — Sci-Tech Book News. 1966 edition.
Download or read book The Fortunes of the Courtier written by Peter Burke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
Download or read book Lilly the Littlest Cricket written by Beth Mammola-Koravos and published by Stars N Dreams Books and Il. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This whimsical tale for children details the adventures of the smallest and youngest in a family of crickets. Lilly, being the ever fearless cricket, decides to try many new experiences in order to find her very own Gift.
Download or read book Just Call Me Moose written by Karl R. Bossi and published by Gondola Press. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Meteorological Instruments and Measurement Practices written by Gyan P. Srivastava and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2009 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Best of All Times written by Robert A. Semenza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Semenza has always considered himself fortunate to have been brought up in what may have been, in his mind, the "last best of all times" "an era that spanned only a little more than a decade and a half, from the early forties to the midfifties, from World War II to the Korean police action,' from FDR to Harry [the buck stops here] Truman to Ike." He was even more blessed to be raised in an environment where he was "surrounded by a wealth of love and warmth from our parents and a seemingly unlimited number of relatives and "piasians"; however, the adults in our lives were there only when we needed them sort of a Charlie Brown' type of existence but without his anxiety." He felt that all his wonderful memories would be lost forever and wanted to preserve them for the generations to follow. His tale is told in a self-effacing way and from the perspective of a young boy being raised in "the West," a neighborhood in New Rochelle, New York; "of Italians and colored people" (you never called them "blacks" or "African Americans" unless you were prepared for a fight); and the rest of civilization, referred to simply as the Americans.It tells of his Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn type of youthful adventures and mishaps centered around a cast of colorful and unforgettable "characters" that roamed the streets of the West, from the likes of the "Goat Man," who would "proudly parade his goats down Union Avenue" and whose "route was undeniably marked by a trail of small round soft black pellets, which the goats expelled as they merrily strolled to their noonday repast [presumably to make more pellets]" to the "Iron Horse" to Louie "Chicken Breast," and to a whole host of other characters. As he explains, they "were just there and accepted as they were, except that they, like everyone else in the neighborhood, had a nickname, which was generally linked to their physical appearance, which, in each case, was obvious." He has attempted the impossible task of trying to list all of these nicknames his nickname was "Chesty" the reader will learn why. His personal memories transport the reader back to that time and to his boyish recollections of his family, the school, the church, the Boys Club, the games they invented, and the special joys brought by each season of the year. www.readerscircle.org
Download or read book I Wouldn t Die written by Franco Antonetti and published by Via Novi Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unusual autobiography begins with the author looking back on his early life and wondering how it is possible that he lived to see his first birthday. As he says in this uplifting tribute to a life lived to the fullest, he simply wouldn't die. From the first sentence to the last you will wonder just as the author does how and why miracles occur. This book is about miracles. -- Publisher (back cover)
Download or read book I Remember the Risorgimento written by Honor Mamath and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Remember the Risorgimento, an historical novel tells Jessie White’s story of the first female journalist to cover Italy’s war for independence during the years 1854 to 1860. No shrinking violet, she’s a Victorian girl of twenty two who becomes a valued friend of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a favorite hero in the revolution. The danger of war, political intrigue, and a surprise romance takes her to Sicily before the battles with the French and Austrians. The author notes that names, places and events come from Jessie’s summary printed in the New Castle Daily Chronicle in 1861. This means reader, you might discover the family name of an ancestor who fought for Italy’s independence. Author’s license includes the dialog, ten percent of the characters and approximate timing of events to nudge the reader’s understanding of the material.
Download or read book Shelter Cove written by Lenore Lafayette and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story about life in a small coastal community in Northern California's San Mateo County. The secluded beach at Shelter Cove & the quaint cottages lining the Cove, as well as the surrounding environs, are rich in history. The outermost part of Shelter Cove is Pedro Point which is adjacent to formidable Devil's Slide. The Cove is now part of the city of Pacifica. This book relates many historical facts about the California coastline from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. A chapter is devoted to the now defunct Ocean Shore Railroad which carried passengers & freight to & from San Francisco during the period of 1907 to 1920. Other chapters include tales of the Prohibition years, sea stories of doomed vessels that went aground at Pedro Point & yarns about life at the Cove for a San Francisco family during the Thirties. Send orders to: Cherry Orchard Books, P.O. Box 1995. Los Altos, CA 94023-1995, Price: $16.95 + Shipping/Handling & California Sales Tax where applicable.
Download or read book Marcella Says written by Marcella Hazan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcella Hazan is acclaimed for her trailblazing cookbooks, but first and foremost she is a teacher. From cooking classes held in her small New York City apartment kitchen in the 1960s to the avidly sought after Master Classes she led in her beautiful Venice home, Marcella has been the authoritative guide to Italian cooking. This much-anticipated follow-up to Marcella Cucina offers 100 new tantalizing recipes that bring Marcella's warm, conversational, and illuminating teachings into home kitchens everywhere. The legendary author and cooking teacher shares invaluable lessons in Italian cooking, including mastering traditional techniques, selecting and using ingredients, and planning and preparing complete Italian menus. Drawing on her unique ability to present each recipe as a narrative with subplots, characters, and rich history, Marcella demonstrates just how many delicious new stories she still has to tell.
Download or read book Revisionary Identities written by Mary Ann Vigilante Mannino and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian Americans, the fifth-largest ethnic group in the United States, make up a large segment of the population. It is only recently that the daughters and granddaughters of Italian immigrants have begun to write fiction and poetry about their experiences as Italian/American women. Revisionary Identities focuses on the writings of these women and argues that their works reveal a new identity that is composed of both Italian and American elements but which is neither completely Italian nor totally American. For these writers the categories of race, class, gender, and religion blur causing conflicts, which they try to resolve by imagining an all-powerful immigrant grandmother with whom they form a bond.
Download or read book Una Storia Segreta written by Lawrence DiStasi and published by Heyday. This book was released on 2001 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Una Storia Segreta brings a new perspective to the history of wartime violations of civilian populations. The essays in this volume bring together the voices of the Italian American community and experts in the field, including personal stories by survivors and their children, letters from internment camps, news clips, photographs, and cartoons.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa written by Piero Pierotti and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
